UK ban on junk food adverts targeting children is delayed until next year Experts say delay from October to January after lobbying by food industry is huge setback for public health
Gen Z discovering TV shows mainly through social media, Channel 4 says Broadcaster announces plan for Spotify videos to add to TikTok, YouTube and Instagram content
ITV to cut jobs and slash budgets of daytime shows including Good Morning Britain Staff numbers at programmes made by ITV Studios to be halved and airtime reduced for Lorraine, Loose Women and This Morning
Plunging value and a content cliff edge: what’s gone wrong at Sky? Since Comcast takeover, broadcaster has slashed jobs and is losing the exclusive shows that drew subscribers
Decision on foreign state stakes in UK press could end Telegraph limbo Cap of 15% could allow US firm RedBird Capital to finalise deal to buy titles after two years of uncertainty
HBO is back: Warner Bros walks back rebrand of Max streaming service WBD execs reverse the 2023 name change as shares at conglomerate reported down 15% since this year’s start
Firms still greenwashing in adverts after being censured, UK investigation finds Exclusive: Virgin Atlantic and Renault among companies that continued to publish misleading environmental claims
US media stocks slide on Wall Street after Trump threatens movie tariffs Netflix, Amazon, Warner Bros Discovery and Paramount shares fall as studios reel from announcement
Trump’s foreign film tariffs could ‘wipe out’ UK movie industry, ministers told Union warns that 100% levy could be ‘knockout blow’ and urges government to defend sector and those who work in it
Why you shouldn’t trust everything you read about the US’s ‘fed up’ workforce Despite rumors of ‘quiet quitting’ and ‘coffee badging’, people know work is work and the perfect job doesn’t exist
ITV and Channel 4 face summer of uncertainty amidst leadership issues and potential mergers Channel 4’s chief executive, Alex Mahon, is standing down and ITV head Carolyn McCall has been struggling for investors
Trump order targeting law firm struck down; supreme court asked to allow Musk’s Doge access to social security data – as it happened Judge rules Perkins Coie executive order violates constitution; Trump administration asks supreme court to lift block on Doge accessing data. This blog is now closed.
Meta slowest to remove scam content, says City watchdog FCA says Instagram and Facebook owner takes up to six weeks to act on warnings about finfluencer posts
UK watchdog bans coffee pod ads over ‘misleading’ composting claims Advertising Standards Authority says neither Lavazza UK nor Dualit’s product can be recycled at home